Hell Baby - Recommendations

• Vol: 1
• 1986

A man awakens not knowing who he is, or why his flesh is rotting away and maggots are falling from his body. Roaming through a town, he’s confronted with his hideous reflection and is shunned by the community, finally finding himself in a medical facility eager to figure out the truth behind his condition. Who is the man, and what has he left behind?

• Vol: 1; Ch: 13
• 1975

Sanpei is tranformed into a huge poisonous bug and seeks revenge on those who bullied and mistreated him as a boy.

• One Shot
• 2020

• Ch: 5
• 2011 - 2013

Jefferey Ryan had a troubled childhood: he never knew his father, and his mother died when he was seven. Years later, Fate made it up to him with a loving wife and a beautiful daughter, and he was happy at last. But the rain that was falling the night Jeffrey discovered his mother’s bloodied corpse never seems to stop, and continues to haunt him...

• Vol: 8; Ch: 61
• 2020 - 2022

• Vol: 1+; Ch: 18+
• 2023 - ?

Ougokujima: a heavenly island where everyone, adults and students alike, can live happily and peacefully. It's said that if you can live on this island, you're sure to have a rich and fulfilling school life that will make your youth incredibly satisfying... But all of that is only the island's outward appearance. In truth, the entire island is a place of insanity, filled with nothing but believers being manipulated by a certain cult religion. Every single one of the island's inhabitants have placed their faith in... "youth"?! That's right. Apparently leading a life in which one has celebrated youth to its fullest will bring a person the closest they can possibly get to God. Thus each day, all the islanders behave as if they are the main character of their own story... But since transfer student Shuuichi Mugi has realized the truth behind this island, will he be able to avoid all the insane "stories of youth" that happen one after another, and escape from the island of cult followers?!

• One Shot
• 2006

There are songs that stick with us long after we've heard them; the song Tamayo hears while passing a street musician is one of those. However, even with a doctor's visit and medication, the song won't leave her. Seeking resolution, she tracks down the musician, Yu Kanade, and discovers that this "brain noise" is contagious, with Yu's entire audience falling prey to it. But why is Yu's song stuck in everyone's head?

• Vol: 3; Ch: 18
• 2006

When Kyung-do was young, his father brought home a mysterious book from his book club, dying shortly thereafter. Now, as a teenager, Kyung-do is an avid bookworm whose fate appears to be tied to the same sinister tome, and he's not the only one – the school librarian commits suicide after reading it, and others are rumored to have been killed for similar reasons. Now, Kyung-do and his classmate, Eun-sae, must try to discover the truth behind the deadly book to save the boy from his fate, while others investigate these events for their own reasons.   

• Vol: 1; Ch: 6
• 2004 - 2005

An unknown planet emerges from inside a wormhole, and its discoverer, Dr. Oguro, christens the celestial body “Remina” after his own daughter. His finding is met with great fanfare, and Remina herself rises to fame. However, the planet picks up speed as it moves along in its curious orbit, eliminating planets and stars one after another until finally Earth itself faces extinction… Is the girl Remina the true cause of the catastrophe? A masterwork of horror from Junji Ito, unfolding on a universal scale.

• Ch: 84+
• 2021 - ?

Sam and Maggie are a normal couple, in a normal house, in a normal neighborhood. There is nothing strange about their heads, their neighbors or their sweet little dog. Everything is Fine.